--- title: Quad City Safety Blog description: Quad City Safety Blog All Posts --- [** Login](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/request-an-account) [Blog](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/#KB) [Contact Us](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/contact-us) [Request a Quote](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/contact-us-need-help) [Resources](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/#KB) [Services](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/services) [View Cart](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/cart) [Checkout](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/cart) [![Quad City Safety](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/logo-light.png?width=200&height=71&name=logo-light.png "Quad City Safety")](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/) **Call**: (563) 445-2170 or **[Help Me!](https://www.quadcitysafety.com/contact-us-need-help)** ### Search In Progress # Quad City Safety Blog News and Information for Industrial Suppliers ## [How to Pack Your First Aid Kit Like a Pro: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/how-to-pack-your-first-aid-kit-like-a-pro-workplace-safety-tip) ## [Tips on Choosing Eye & Face Protection: Industrial Hazards & Solutions](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/tips-on-choosing-eye-protection-industrial-hazards-and-solutions) ## [The Tradesmen’s Ultimate Guide to Choosing Winter Work Gloves](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/the-tradesmens-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-winter-work-gloves) ## [4 Lifesaving Forklift Inspection Checklists Your Worksite Demands](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/4-lifesaving-forklift-inspection-checklists-your-worksite-demands) ## [Hazard Storage: 4 Questions Every Facility Manager Must Ask](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/hazard-storage-4-questions-every-facility-manager-must-ask) ## [How To Pack Your Winter Survival Kit: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/how-to-pack-your-winter-survival-kit-bacons-safety-tip) ## [4 Tips To Winterize Your Work Site and Avoid Injuries](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/4-tips-to-winterize-your-work-site-and-avoid-injuries) ## [How To Pack Your PPE Kit: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/how-to-pack-your-ppe-kit-increase-workplace-safety-bacons-safety-tip) ## [4 Ways Kitting Can Crank Up Your Safety Program](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/4-ways-kitting-can-crank-up-your-safety-program) ## [Gas Detection Devices: Don’t drive a minivan when you need a racecar (Safety Tales Podcast S3)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-detection-devices-dont-drive-a-minivan-when-you-need-a-racecar-safety-tales-podcast-s3) ## [Tool Tethers & Dropped Objects: Rope and Duct Tape Don’t Cut It (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 10)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/tool-tethers-dropped-objects-rope-and-duct-tape-dont-cut-it-safety-tales-podcast-s3) ## [Quad City Safety Boots Revealed: The Right Shoes for Industrial Athletes](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/quad-city-safety-boots-revealed-the-right-shoes-for-industrial-athletes) ## [Job Site Rescue Plans: The difference between life and death (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 9)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/job-site-rescue-plans-the-difference-between-life-and-death-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-9) ## [What’s Your Facility’s Emergency Plan? (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 8)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/whats-your-facilitys-emergency-plan-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-8) ## [Choosing The Right Flashlight: The Illuminating Truth: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/choosing-the-right-flashlight-the-illuminating-truth-bacons-safety-tip) ## [Disposable Clothing: Good For More Than Keeping You Clean (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 7)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/disposable-clothing-wear-once-and-throw-it-out-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-7) ## [Proactive VS Reactive: Reassess Your Safety Program Regularly (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 6)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/proactive-versus-reactive-why-you-should-reassess-your-safety-program-regularly-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-6) ## [Lockout Tagout - Avoiding Wood Chipper Mishaps (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 5)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/lockout-tagout-and-avoiding-wood-chipper-mishaps-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-5) ## [When I Shoulda Wore A Respirator: A Trip Down Memory Lane (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 4)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/when-i-shoulda-wore-a-respirator-a-trip-down-memory-lane-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-4) ## [The Blue Collar Guide To Work Boot Terminology](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/the-blue-collar-guide-to-work-boot-terminology) ## [Improve Jobsite Safety Today With Foot Protection Facts!](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/improve-jobsite-safety-today-with-these-foot-protection-facts) ## [Prevent These Common Slip, Trip and Fall Hazards In Your Facility](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/prevent-these-common-slip-trip-and-fall-hazards-in-your-facility) ## [Launching our new boots only website! (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 3)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/launching-the-new-boots-only-website-safety-tales-podcast-season-3-episode-3) ## [PPE Roundup (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 2)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/ppe-roundup-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-2) ## [Sorbents and Flammable Cabinets (Safety Tales Podcast S3 Episode 1)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/sorbents-and-flammable-cabinets-safety-tales-podcast-s3-episode-1) ## [When Nature Calls: What’s your facility’s emergency plan?: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/when-nature-calls-whats-your-facilitys-emergency-plan-bacons-safety-tip) ## [3 Ways to Prepare Your Facility When Disaster Strikes!](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/6-safety-solutions-your-facility-needs-when-disaster-strikes) ## [7 Things You Didn’t Know About Hard Hat Safety: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-hard-hat-safety-bacons-safety-tip) ## [Protect Your Noggin: Lessons in Hard Hat Safety](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/protect-your-noggin-lessons-in-hard-hat-safety) ## [Heat Stress: Beating the PU Factor...and staying alive: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 22](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/watch-out-passive-fall-protection-tool-tethers-safety-tales-podcast-episode-19-0-0) ## [10 Most Dangerous Jobs of 2018: Bacon Edition: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 21](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/10-most-dangerous-jobs-bacon-edition) ## [Why Do You Hate Me, Little Bug? How to free your worksite from pests: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-how-to-free-your-worksite-from-pests) ## [Hi-Viz, dumb drivers and other construction site mishaps: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 20](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/watch-out-passive-fall-protection-tool-tethers-safety-tales-podcast-episode-19-0) ## [Watch Out! Passive Fall Protection & Tool Tethers: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 19](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/watch-out-passive-fall-protection-tool-tethers-safety-tales-podcast-episode-19) ## [Why arc flash is the most catastrophic thing at your workplace: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 18](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/arc-flash-hot-work-welding-oh-my-how-to-avoid-a-hot-spark-in-your-eye-safety-tales-podcast-s2-episode-8) ## [Gravity ain’t your friend: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 16](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gravity-aint-your-friend-use-the-right-fall-protection-or-suffer-the-consequence-safety-tales-podcast-s2-episode-7) ## [DANGER Objects at Height: Fall Protection for Dropped Objects](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/danger-objects-at-height-fall-protection-for-dropped-objects) ## [PPE is the Last Line of Defense - Not First: Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 5](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-season-2-episode-15-ppe-is-the-last-line-of-defense-not-first) ## [Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 4: How not to tick off your co-workers on the jobsite](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-season-2-episode-14-how-not-to-piss-off-your-co-workers-on-the-jobsite) ## [Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 13: Choosing the right hand protection](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/choosing-the-right-hand-protection) ## [Safety Tales Podcast Season 2 Episode 12: Are you the ‘Come On, Man!’ of Safety? ](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/are-you-the-come-on-man-of-safety-safety-tales-podcast-s2-e2) ## [Screw Baselines and Redefine Safety: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 11](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/the-quad-city-safety-origin-story-screw-baselines-and-redefine-safety-in-your-company-safety-tales-podcast-s2-e1) ## [Walking Work Surfaces Facts You Must Know: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 10](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-10) ## [Stories of safety professionals who are hellbent on raising the bar: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 9](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-9) ## [Avoid the Boom with Gas Calibration (and other good advice): Safety Tales Podcast Episode 8](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-8) ## [Why Would A Safety Company Launch a Podcast?: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 7](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-7-0) ## [Suck it up buttercup. Use the right sorbent!: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/bacons-safety-tip-suck-it-up-buttercup-use-the-right-sorbent) ## [Ear Protection Choices That Won't Make You Go "Huh": Safety Tales Podcast Episode 6](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-6) ## [Choosing a Better Shoe for the Industrial Athlete: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 5](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-5-insudtrial-athletes-your-shoes-matter) ## [First Aid or Whiskey and Duct Tape in Construction?: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 4](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-4-first-aid-for-construction-sites) ## [Flammable Storage Works!: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/bacons-safety-tip-flammable-storage-works) ## [Filling the Gaps in Eye Protection: Safety Tales Episode 3](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-episode-3-eye-protection) ## [Growing Up Not Growing Old – PPE for Chronic vs. Acute Hazards: Safety Tales Episode 2](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-2-chronic-acute-hazards) ## [Don't Be A Fall Protection Failure: Safety Tales Podcast Episode 1](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/safety-tales-podcast-episode-1-fall-protection) ## [Should’ve worn a hard hat, you ain’t right in the head: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-shouldve-worn-a-hard-hat-you-aint-right-in-the-head) ## [Don't let fire-resistant clothing labels burn you: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/bacons-safety-tip-dont-let-flame-resistant-clothing-labels-burn-you) ## [3 Easy Steps to Insert Your Ear Plugs (You’re doing it wrong!): Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-3-easy-steps-to-insert-ear-plugs-youre-doing-it-wrong) ## [Eyewash Stations vs Dump Bottles at Work: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/eyewash-stations-vs-dump-bottles) ## [Protect your Piggies with Electric Hazard Foot Protection: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-protect-your-piggies-with-electric-hazard-foot-protection) ## [How to Calculate Fall Clearance (It’s simple math!): Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-how-to-calculate-fall-clearance-its-just-simple-math) ## [Do You Know the Assigned Protection Factor Your Respirator Must Have?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/respiratory-protection-assigned-protection-factor-by-type) ## [Do you know what your safety glasses are protecting you from?: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/do-you-know-what-your-safety-glasses-are-protecting-you-from) ## [Confined Space and Gas Detection Terminology: Stop being scared and start being prepared](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/confined-spaces-and-gas-detection-devices-terminology) ## [Foam-Backed Eye Protection: Don’t look at the arc!](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/foam-backed-eye-protection-dont-look-at-the-arc) ## [Nuisance Level Organic Vapors: Get the stink out!](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/nuisance-level-organic-vapors-get-the-stink-out) ## [Confined Spaces: What are they and why are they so dangerous?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/confined-spaces-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-so-dangerous) ## [Gas Detection (Sniff out Gases & Snuff out Danger): Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-detection-sniff-out-gases-snuff-out-danger) ## [Respirator Safety in 5 Easy Steps: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/respirator-safety-healthy-ready-to-breathe-lungs-in-5-easy-steps) ## [Do your safety glasses have the right lenses for the job?: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/eye-protection-safety-lens-what-do-they-protect-against) ## [Gas monitor styles and knowing when to use them](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-monitor-styles-and-knowing-when-to-use-them) ## [Respirator Cartridge Mad Science! (color chart included)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/respiratory-protection-the-science-behind-the-cartridges) ## [Eye Protection: Are safety glasses overkill if you wear a face shield?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/eye-protection-safety-glasses-overkill-if-you-already-wear-a-face-shield) ## [How to Choose the Right Safety Eye Wear: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-safety-eyewear) ## [5 Steps to Keeping Your Respiratory Protection in Better Shape than You: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/5-steps-to-keeping-your-respiratory-protection-in-better-shape-than-you-are) ## [Bump Test vs Calibration for Gas Detection Monitors: WTF is the Difference?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bump-test-vs-calibration-for-gas-detection-monitors-wtf-is-the-difference) ## [4 Easy Tips To Help You Fit Your Safety Eye Glasses](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/4-easy-tips-for-choosing-safety-eyewear-does-fit-really-matter) ## [Shocking Truth on Respiratory Protection: Is Silica the New Asbestos?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/respiratory-protection-tips-is-silica-the-new-asbestos) ## [Gas Monitor Calibration: Stop Sending Workers to the Pits of Hell](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-monitor-calibration-requirements-confined-spaces) ## [Head over Heels for Fall Protection: Bacon’s Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-harness) ## [Choosing the right cut-resistant gloves can't be half baked: Bacon’s Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/bacons-safety-tip-buy-the-right-safety-gloves) ## [Group and Transfer Lockout, Don’t go home crispy!: Bacon’s Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/bacons-safety-tip-group-and-transfer-loto-dont-go-home-crispy) ## [How to Choose the Right Fall Protection...and make your kid’s next t-ball game](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-fall-protection) ## [Tips for Lockout Tagout Training and Inspection Requirements](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/lockout-tagout-training-and-inspection-requirements) ## [Choosing Cut-Resistant Gloves: Keep Your Fingers On Your Hands!](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/choosing-cut-gloves-keep-your-fingers-on-your-hands) ## [Lockout Tagout & Emergency Padlock Removal: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/bacons-safety-tip-lockout-tagout-emergency-padlock-removal) ## [Matching Safety Gloves to Cut Risk: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/matching-safety-gloves-to-cut-risk) ## [Clearing Up the Facts about Leading Edge Applications: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacons-safety-tip-facts-about-leading-edge-applications) ## [Easy, Foolproof Guide to Selecting the Right Safety Gloves](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/choose-the-right-safety-gloves) ## [OSHA Requirements for Lockout Tagout](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/osha-requirements-for-lockout-tagout) ## [Walking Working Surfaces and Fall Protection: Are You OSHA Ready?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/walking-working-surfaces-and-fall-protection-are-you-ready) ## [You know the risks, so wear the darn safety glove: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/protect-your-hands-wear-safety-gloves) ## [Lockout Tagout Shortcuts are Dumb...here's why: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/lockout-tagout-remember-these-stats-when-you-want-to-take-a-shortcut) ## [The Difference in Leading Edge vs. Regular Applications: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/leading-edge-is-different-than-regular-applications-fall-protection) ## [Lockout Tagout Failures: When Shortcuts Could Kill](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/lockout-tagout-when-shortcuts-could-kill) ## [Fall Protection: Training Workers for Leading Edge Applications](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/fall-protection-training-workers-for-leading-edge-applications) ## [Fall Protection: Connectors that Keep You from Crashing](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/fall-protection-connectors-that-keep-you-from-crashing) ## [Hand Protection: Know Your Cut Risk Hazard Before You Buy](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/hand-protection-know-your-cut-risk-hazard-before-you-buy) ## [Choosing PPE Correctly: Chronic versus Acute Hazards at Work](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/choosing-ppe-correctly-chronic-versus-acute-hazards) ## [Safety Gloves & Chemicals: The Overlooked Safety Hazard](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/safety-gloves-chemicals-the-overlooked-safety-hazard) ## [Respirator Fit Testing Guide: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacon-safety-tip-respirator-fit-testing) ## [3 Flashlight Facts You Probably Didn't Know: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/bacon-safety-tip-flashlights) ## [Guide to Cut-Resistant Gloves and Cut Level Standards: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/bacon-safety-tip-cut-resistant-gloves) ## [Spills Happen: Why You Need Sorbents (or Diapers for Grown-Up Messes)](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/sorbents-101) ## [Filling the Gaps in Eye Protection with Sealed Safety Eyewear](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/foam-backed-safety-glasses) ## [Use Disposable Clothing at Work and Cover Your Assets](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/basics-of-disposable-clothing) ## [Rescue & Fall Protection...know your ABCDs: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/bacon-safety-tip-rescue-fall-protection) ## [First Aid Supplies for Workers: Bacon's Safety Tip](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/bacon-safety-tip-first-aid-supplies) ## [Rescue Me: What You Need To Know About Fall Protection](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/rescue-plans-fall-protection-for-workers) ## [GVS Elipse P100 NIOSH Respirator: Product Spotlight](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/product-spotlight-gvs-elipse-p100-respirator) ## [Protective Footwear: The Right Safety Shoes for Industrial Athletes](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/protective-footwear-the-right-shoes-for-industrial-athletes) ## [Fire-Resistant Protective Clothing: The Good, the Bad and the Unsaid](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/what-fire-resistant-clothing-do-workers-need) ## [Pyramex I-Force Safety Goggles: Product Spotlight](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/product-spotlight-pyramex-i-force-safety-goggles) ## [Fire-Resistant Clothing: Arc Flash and Flash Fire Basics](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/elevator/blog/fire-resistant-clothing-arc-flash-fire) ## [Noise Reduction Rating: Do you know the easy NRR equation for hearing protection?](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/hearing-protection-noise-dose) ## [Eyewash Station Basics: Saving Sight on Site](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/facility/blog/eyewash-station-basics) ## [Gas Detection Devices in Confined Spaces: Bump Testing Saves Lives](https://hub.quadcitysafety.com/contractor/blog/gas-detection-devices-in-confined-spaces-bump-testing-saves-lives) ## 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